High School & Secondary Education

Peer presence: teaching teens how to make new friends

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Almost half of parents regret their school choice - will you be one of them?

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Do high schools need to teach adulting classes?

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NSW is experiencing "unprecedented" student growth, according to the government, and the state will see 164,000 more ...

Talented students are neglected by our schools

It's a worry that Australians fret so volubly over the fortunes of our sporting elite yet the long, steady decline in the results of our best and brightest young students barely rates a mention.

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Banish stress with these tips that are going viral.

Teacher's list of 101 ways to cope with stress is going viral

A teacher gave his students an incredible list of one hundred and one ways to cope with stress. The list has since gone viral – and it's not hard to see why.

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Natalie Hampton, 16, the creator of "Sit With Us."

This once-bullied teen has a simple solution so no one has to eat alone at school

Natalie Hampton spent most of her 7th and 8th grade school years eating lunch alone.

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Schools are working together to try and better protect their students from online abuse.

Brisbane schools work together to protect students from online attacks

Principals from schools across Brisbane came together on Thursday morning to find out how they could empower their students to better protect themselves online.

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Year 3 students sit the NAPLAN test in 2015.

The fallacy of single-sex education

A review of 1.6 million students has failed to find any advantages to single-sex education, says the former president of American Psychological Association Diane Halpern.

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James Charles, 17, was less than impressed with his senior class photo, so he organised a second shoot.

Teen beauty vlogger re-shoots his school photo after disappointing first take

In an astounding commitment to beauty and a carefully-crafted image, one 17-year-old high school senior has gone to great lengths to ensure his yearbook photo is exactly the way he wants it.

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A new study shows that a lot of students don't trust schools when it comes to abuse.

Students don't trust schools to protect them from abusers

An alarming number of Australian students don't trust schools to keep them safe.

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Tyra Huntt recreated this photo of herself in kindergarten for her senior school photo.

This recreation of teen's kindergarten school photo is hilarious

Tyra Huntt loved her kindergarten photo so much, she decided to recreate it for her high school photo.

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Sally Herman said Kambala would not discriminate when hiring teachers.

Elite Anglican school Kambala hits back after complaints about gay teachers

The school council at the exclusive Sydney girls' school Kambala has been applauded for publicly admonishing the views of a number of parents who had complained that the employment of gay teachers was not "living up to our Christian standards".

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Catholic High School for Boys divides parents over controversial sign

A controversial note posted to Facebook by a high school in Little Rock, Arkansas has divided the internet.

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Teachers say they are not equipped to recognise and respond to the behaviours they are seeing.

Kambrya College students give school lesson on sexism

The crumpled piece of paper held up to the camera captured the schoolgirls' rage perfectly.

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